39 U.S.C. § 3633
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109-435 which was approved Dec. 20, 2006.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
REVIEW OF POSTAL SERVICE COST ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Pub. L. 117-108, title II, §203, Apr. 6, 2022, 136 Stat. 1147, provided that: "Not later than the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Apr. 6, 2022], the Postal Regulatory Commission shall initiate a review of the regulations issued pursuant to sections 3633(a) and 3652(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code, to determine whether revisions are appropriate to ensure that all direct and indirect costs attributable to competitive and market-dominant products are properly attributed to those products, including by considering the underlying methodologies in determining cost attribution and considering options to revise such methodologies. If the Commission determines, after notice and opportunity for public comment, that revisions are appropriate, the Commission shall make modifications or adopt alternative methodologies as necessary." [For definitions of terms used in section 203 of Pub. L. 117-108 set out above, see section 2 of Pub. L. 117-108 set out as a note under section 501 of this title.]
STUDY ON EQUAL APPLICATION OF LAWS TO COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS Pub. L. 109-435, title VII, §703, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3244, required the Federal Trade Commission to prepare and submit to the President and Congress, and to the Postal Regulatory Commission, within 1 year after Dec. 20, 2006, a comprehensive report identifying Federal and State laws that applied differently to the United States Postal Service with respect to the competitive category of mail (within the meaning of section 102 of this title) and to private companies providing similar products.
- Postal Service
- "Postal Service" means the United States Postal Service established by section 201 of this title;
- product
- "product" means a postal service with a distinct cost or market characteristic for which a rate or rates are, or may reasonably be, applied;